Peter asbjornsen biography

  • Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar.
  • Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar.
  • Asbjørnsen, the son of a glazier, became a private tutor in eastern Norway at age 20.

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    Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

    19th-century Norwegian writer

    Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe".[1][2][3]

    Background

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    Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was descended from a family originating at Otta in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal, which fryst vatten believed to have come to an end with his death. He became a student at the University of Oslo in 1833, but as early as 1832, in his twentieth year, he had begun to collect and write down fairy tales and legends. He later walked on foot the length and breadth of Norway, adding to his stories.

    Jørgen Moe, who was born in Ringerike, met Asbjørnsen first when he was fourteen years

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    Asbjørnsen, Peter, 1812-1885, and Moe, Jørgen, 1813-1882

    INTRODUCTION
    PRINCIPAL WORKS
    GENERAL COMMENTARY
    TITLE COMMENTARY
    FURTHER READING

    (Full names Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Ingebretsen Moe) Norwegian folklorists, editors, and compilers of fairy tales.

    The following entry presents an overview of Asbjørnsen and Moe's careers through 2003.

    INTRODUCTION

    As Norway emerged from four hundred years of Danish rule in the early seventeenth century, folklorists Asbjørnsen and Moe made a significant contribution to the growing sense of Norwegian national identity. By traveling throughout the country and gathering regional folk and fairy tales, Asbjørnsen and Moe helped preserve elements of traditional Norwegian mythology that otherwise may have vanished. The pair also worked to develop and publish in a written language that was independent from Danish and reflected popular Norwegian speech. Their most well-known collection, Norske folkeeventyr (1841-1844; Norwegian Folk Ta

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    Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

    East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
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    4.20 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 1845 — 126 editions
    Norwegian Folktales
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    3.97 avg rating — 956 ratings — published 1868 — 113 editions
    East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North
    4.21 avg rating — 734 ratings — 2 editions
    The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe
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    3.95 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions
    The Three Billy Goats Gruff
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    3.89 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1841 — 45 editions
    East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
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    4.27 avg rating — 160 ratings — 9 editions
    A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from Norway
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    3.89 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions
    Die Puppe im Grase: Norwegische Märchen
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    3.75 avg rating — 69 ratings &mda